Green Party Peace Sign Bumper Sticker

Green Party Peace Sign Bumper Sticker
The Green Party has continually opposed entry into war and has consistently called for the immediate return of our troops, in stark contrast to the Democratic and Republican parties.Today we march, tomorrow we vote Green Party.

Occupy Wall Street: What Just Happened?

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Reflections on Occupy Wall Street, with photos, fun, and good wishes for the future. eBook, Occupy Wall Street: What Just Happened? (Only $.99 !) In the eBook, the Occupy movement is explored through original reporting, photographs, cartoons, poetry, essays, and reviews.The collection of essays and blog posts records the unfolding of Occupy into the culture from September 2011 to the present. Authors Kimberly Wilder and Ian Wilder were early supporters of Occupy, using their internet platforms to communicate the changes being created by the American Autumn.

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The Suffolk County Green Party continues its support of Transgender Day Of Remembrance (TDOR). TDOR is a worldwide event held every November to raise awareness about discrimination, violence, and murder directed against transgender (living as or expressing a gender other than the one expected at birth), intersex (biologically in-between or outside male and female), and gender-nonconforming (acting in any way contrary to gender stereotypes) people, to commemorate the lives of transgender, intersex and gender-nonconforming people around the world who’ve been killed due to this kind of discrimination and violence within the past year, making a more safe, understanding and accepting world.

The Green Party believes in supporting the safety, dignity and equality of all people, regardless of sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation. Our diversity platform includes LGBTIQA (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, Queer/Questioning, Asexual, and those not identified with any of these letters) people. We oppose discrimination and violence, including any directed against a person’s expressed or perceived gender or sexuality. In keeping with our Pillars of social/economic justice, grassroots democracy, ecological wisdom and and peace/nonviolence, the Green Party of Suffolk supports Transgender Day Of Remembrance, both as an event and in its local observances. For general information about Transgender Day Of Remembrance, please visit tdor.info.

Presidential Ballot update: The Presidential Election is on Tuesday, November 8, 2016. This is the general election for President of the United States and for U. S. Senator from New York. In New York State all polls OPEN at 6 am and CLOSE at 9 pm.

Candidates for President of the U.S.
listed on the New York State Presidential Ballot

Jill Stein – Green Party Gary Johnson – Libertarian Party
-(Gary Johnson also has the “Independence Party” line in New York)Donald Trump – Republican Party-(Donald Trump also has the “Conservative Party” line in New York)Hillary Clinton – Democratic Party
-(Hillary Clinton also has the “Working Families Party” and “Women’s Equality” line in New York.)

Kimberly and Ian Wilder read the poem The Bells by Edgar Allan Poe. We recorded this dual reading after performing it at the Riverhead Library Writer’s Cove Poe reading at Vines & Hops on 10/30/16 as part of the Riverhead Halloween celebration.

The Green Party of Suffolk will hold its annual meeting on Saturday, November 12th, from . The location will be a private residence, located at 40A Tremont Avenue, Patchogue, New York. All registered Greens are welcome and encouraged to attend.

For more information about the Green Party, please contact Green Party of Suffolk Chair Roger Snyder at 631-925-6104 or info@gpsuffolk.org.

Bob Dylan, the 2016 Nobel Prize winner in Literature has of course popped up in several ontheWilderside posts. It should be expected that we are Bob Dylan fans since one of the goals of this site is to support poetry and folk music. Our favorite Dylan post is from 10/24/2014:

Green Party of Suffolk Update on Green Party Judge candidates and views on Criminal Justice

ANDREA HARUM-SCHIAVONI

The Green Party of New York State has a ban on the policy of endorsing Democratic and Republican candidates, because those parties do not agree with the Green Party’s worldwide Four Pillars of Social and Economic Justice; Grassroots Democracy; Ecological Wisdom, and Nonviolence/Peace.

Andrea H. Schiavoni, a Democrat running for Southampton Town Justice, has taken advantage of New York State Election law by placing herself on the Green Party line. New York State election does not require Schiavoni to inform Southampton Green Party members who signed her petitions that the candidate is not in their party or endorsed by their party.

When deciding to vote for Schiavoni in Southampton on the Green Party line, it is a good idea to share the national Green Party’s three goals in the area of criminal justice, which are to:

A dangerous algal bloom has spread across the Peconic Bay and all of its waterways at densities that have not been seen since 2012, when a similar bloom triggered a large die-off of scallops.
Rust tide has spread from East Hampton to Riverhead waterways over the past week, posing a threat to marine life in the Peconic, according to the Gobler Laboratory at Stony Brook University.
Rust tide algae, known as Cochlodinium, is more toxic and more dangerous to marine life than the red tide algae that triggered the historic bunker fish and turtle kills last summer…

“When we have extended summer heat as we have seen this summer, a heavy rust tide often follows,” he said.
He [Christopher Gobler, director of the Gobler Laboratory] added that his lab has identified climate change as a major factor in the frequency of harmful algal blooms in local waterways…

High levels of nitrogen in local waterways is a “second, equally important driving factor,” Gobler says…

Let’s succeed together in making this country a better place for humanity. Let’s work together, and separately, to send out the best possible progressive mandate for our politicians to respond to in the Fall of 2016.

Electoral politics in America often brings out the worst in people. It is frustrating that activists, leftists, and progressives who work together some of the time, often get utterly torn apart in the excitement (and fear) surrounding who will be the next President.

For me, the world of Facebook has been the most frustrating experience of the 2016 presidential cycle. I have been shouted down by a friend who is a feminist, artist, and Hillary Clinton supporter. She posts Hellfire missives about why we must all vote for Hillary Clinton, because Trump is so bad. And, she sends out subtle, and not so subtle, messages that it is not okay to vote for Jill Stein, the Green Party presidential candidate. Read more »

In the earlier days of the civil rights movement, women were often ignored, overlooked, or left out, and gay people, even those planning parts of the movement, were often totally cut out. Understanding of gender in general, and in the progressive/peace movement in particular, has evolved to include not just women and men, but to also include LGB (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual) people, transgender people, and intersex people, including the expansion of women’s issues and community to include transgender and intersex women. Part of this understanding includes being aware of issues facing LGBT and intersex people, and even being aware what L,G,B,T and intersex mean. It includes being aware that LGBT and intersex people have been involved in the peace and progressive/civil rights movement all along. This understanding also means including people of all genders in the current peace/progressive/civil liberties movement.

Long Island greens will meet to get inspired about the Jill Stein for President 2016 campaign. Jonathan Fluck, National Volunteer Coordinator, will attend. This event is a Green Party of Nassau meeting. Though, all are invited, and many Suffolk Green Party members plan to attend. This meeting is an excellent way to get connected, in-person, with the national Jill Stein team.

Jonathan Fluck, National Volunteer Coordinator for the Jill Stein Presidential Campaign, will be our guest at the meeting. He will speak about the campaign and inform us how we can best work to propel Jill’s campaign in the coming weeks and months ahead. Important local races will also be discussed.

East End Greens will meet in Riverhead, Long Island, NY on August 10, 2016.

Ian and I are so excited to be working with a recently activated newbie green to organize the first meeting of the East End Greens…

The East End Greens inaugural Meet n’ Greet will take place on Wednesday, August 10, 2016 at 7:00pm to 8:00pm at Green Earth Grocery in Riverhead. This event is a Meet-and-Greet for like-minds who believe in ecological wisdom, economic and social justice, grassroots democracy, and peace/nonviolence.

Please join the East End Greens as we gather for the first time to share ideas, nurture our community, and plan future directions.

Green Earth Grocery is located 50 East Main Street, Riverhead, NY 11901, a few doors west of the Suffolk Theater. No RSVP required. For information or to let us know you are coming, please contact: Celeste at cbenjamintracy AT gmail DOT com or Ian at ianwilder7 AT gmail DOT com or (631) 671-9109.

Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire: Ultimate Fan Guide

Georgiana is the subject of the movie "The Duchess" (currently on Netflix) and a relative of the young Prince and Princess of Cambridge. Get the Ultimate Fan Guide -- with plot points, history, and what happened to the historical characters -- for only 99 cents!